Does the report prohibiting eating while standing take on the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : This, O Shaykh, is from a hadith... regarding food; is it worse than that? Does it have the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet?

The Shaykh : No, because it is possible for a report stopping at a Companion to have the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet only if there is no room for opinion or independent legal reasoning in it. And this one does have room for that. Yes, that is right.